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The Age of Maturity (11th-13th Century A.D.)
Nāgarī, with fully developed top-stroke, straight vertical line, halanta sign, uniform medial signs and mutilated initial consonant in ligatures, is shown by Bharat Kala Bhavan Plate of Pratihāra Harirāja (A.D. 983) and Kauthem Plates of Chālukya Vikramāditya V (A.D. 1008). The requirements of speed and simplification had a determining role in the evolution of the Nāgarī script, as illustrated in Fig. 7. It was in use since the 11th century A.D. in the Gangā Valley, Central India, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Western India and the Deccan. This is also evident from the records of the late Pratīhāras, the Gāhadavālas of Kānyakubja, the Chandellas of Jejākabhukti, the Kalachurīs of Sarayūpāra, Tripuri and Ratanpur, the Kachchhapaghātas of Gopagiri, Dubakunda and Naravar, the Guhilas of Mevāda, the Chāhamānas of Sākambharī, Nādol, etc. and the Paramāras of Mālava, the Chālukyas of Kalyāna, the Silāhāras of Konkana and Kolhapura, the Yādavas of Seunadesa and Devagiri, the Kadambas of Goa and other royal or personal epigraphs. However, this does not mean that the Nāgari of 11th century is identical with the Nāgari of 20th century and thereafter, no development took place in the form of the letters. Certainly, it was the mechanization in printing technology which gave Nagari a modern stand
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